Clothespin



Sept. 4, 1951 Filed July 22, 1947 INVENTOR.

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INVENTOR. fiobartflfl faeM zkuan ATTO R N EYE Patented Sept. 4, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLOTHESPIN Robert a. MacMillan, Baldwin, N. Y.

Application July 22, 1947, Serial No. 762,558

4 Claims. 1

My present invention relates to an improved clothes pin of the type comprising separate parts linked together in such a manner as to provide locking structure so that the pin may be clamped on the clothesline and the laundry until the parts are unlocked manually.

Generally my clothespin consists of a stationary recessed member and a movable member movable in the recess, and pivotally secured to the first member so that the clamping and unclamping operation may be accomplished easily and yet the clamped pin will secure the laundry upon the clothesline until released.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention according to the best mode I have thus far devised, but it will be understood that various changes and alterations may be made in the exemplified structure within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is aside elevational view of the pin in clamped position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the pin in unclamped position.

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the pin partially clamped.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the pin unclamped as in Fig. 2.

Fig. '7 is a sectional view at line l'| of Fig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a sectional View at line 8--8 of Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawings I have illustrated the present preferred embodiment of my invention as comprising the fixed member 2 of rectangular construction and having an interior recess 4. An extension 6 is connected by the curved walls 8, and this extension is formed with edge flare Ill, and an intermediate projection or nose I 2.

The movable member l4 consists in a curved handle l6 and the offset extension l8 having one fiat edge 20 and one curved edge 22, with a tapered slot or recess '24 therebetween. The pin 26 in the member 2 extends through the slot 24 and being of a diameter less than the width of the slot permits relative movement of the movable member.

A lug 28 below the offset extension is designed to co-act with the nose l2 of the fixed member and thus as the pin is placed on a line 30, with laundry thereon, the movable member is pressed in and up into the recess, the curved face 22 permitting the relative pivoting of the movable 2 member until the lug 28 clears the nose l2, th handle I 6 thus lying between the flares IU of the extension 6, and the flat edge 20 of the extension I8 preventing the pivoting of the movable member. The engagement of the lug 28 with the nose I2 prevents the accidental unclamping of the handle l6 until the manual operation thereof.

To release the pin, the movable member is pressed down until the lower end of the curved wall 22' of extension l8 engages the vnose l2 whereupon the handle may be moved away from the extension 6 to clear the line.

Having thus fully described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A clothes pin comprising a fixed member having an interior recess and an extension, a movable member means having an offset extension thereof slidable in the recess, and provided with a curved edge portion and a transverse slot extending through the curved edge portion, a curved handle portion on the lower end of said movable member, means passing through the slot in said fixed member and said offset extension for pivotally and slidably securin the movable member to the fixed member, said offset extension limiting pivotal movement of the movable member when the offset extension is fully slid into the recess to clamp the movable member against the fixed member extension, a projection extending transversely of the fixed member below the means for pivotally securing the movable membe to the fixed member adjacent the lower end of the curved edge portion of the ofiset extension, and 2. lug on the lower end of the movable member adjacent the curved edge portion of the ofiset extension, said projection being adapted to engage said 111g to prevent accidental movement of said movable member.

2. A clothes pin comprising a fixed member having an interior recess and an extension, a movable member means having an offset extension thereon slidable in the recess, and provided with a curved edge portion and a transverse slot extending through the curved edge portion, a curved handle portion on the lower end of said movable member, means passing through the slot in said fixed member and said offset extension for pivotally and slidably securing the movable member to the fixed member, said offset extension having a fiat edge portion opposite to the curved edge portion adapted to engage a wall of the recess when the offset extension is fully slid into the recess to clamp the movable member against the fixed member extension, a projection extending transversely of the fixed member below the means for pivotally securing the movable member to the fixed member adjacent the lower end of the curved edge portion of the offset extension, and a lug on the lower end of the movable member adjacent the curved edge portion of the offset extension, said projection being adapted to engage said lug to prevent accidental movement of the said movable member.

3. A clothes pin comprising a fixed member having an interior recess and an extension, a movable member means having an offset extension thereon slidable in the recess, and provided with a curved edge portion, a curved handle portion on the lower end thereof and a transverse slot, a pin in the fixed member passing through the slot to pivotally and slidably secure the movable member to the fixed member, said offset extension limiting pivotal movement of the movable member when the offset extension is fully slid n o e r cess to c amp t g her the. fixed member extension and the movable member, a pro ec on ex en n ns r ely of the fixed member below the pinfor pivotally securing the movable member to the fixed member adjacent the lower end of the curved edge portion of the offset extension, and a lug on the movable member adjacent the lower end of the curved edge portion of the offset extension, said projection being adapted to engage said lug to prevent accidental movement of said member.

4. A clothes pin comprising a fixed member having an interior recess and an extension, a

movable member means having an oifset extension thereon slidable in the recess, and provided with a curved edge portion and a fiat edge portion, a transverse slot tapering outwardly from the flat edge portion to the curved edge portion, and a curved handle portion on the lower end of said movable member, a pin in the fixed member passing through the slot to pivotally and slidably secure the movable member to the fixed member, the flat edge portion of said offset extension limiting pivotal movement of the movable member when the offset extension is fully slid into the recess to clamp together the fixed member extension and the movable member, a projection extending transversely of the fixed member below the pin for pivotally securing the movable memher to the fixed member adjacent the lower end of the curved edge portion of the offset extension, and a lug on the movable member adjacent the lower end of the curved edge portion of the offset extension, said projection being adapted to engage said lug to prevent accidental movement of said movable member.

ROBERT E. MACMILLAN.

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